List of sovereign states in the 1770s
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Sovereign states
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Algiers – Sultanate of Algiers- Alipura – Alipura
Andorra – Principality of Andorra
Anhalt – Principality of Anhalt- Annam – Empire of Annam
- Ansbach – Principality of Ansbach
Arakan – Kingdom of Arakan
Ashanti – Asante Union- Assam – Kingdom of Assam
Atjeh – Aceh Sultanate
Austria – Archduchy of Austria
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Baden – Margraviate of Baden- Bailundo – Kingdom of Bailundo (to 1770)
Bali – Kingdom of Bali- Bamana – Bamana Empire
Banten – Sultanate of Banten
Bavaria – Duchy of Bavaria
Benin – Benin Empire
Bhonsle – Kingdom of Bhonsle- Bhutan – Kingdom of Bhutan
- Bornu – Bornu Empire
Brunei – Sultanate of Brunei
Brunswick – Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
Bukhara – Khanate of Bukhara
Burma – Kingdom of Burma
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Denmark–Norway – United Kingdoms of Denmark and Norway
Durrani – Durrani Empire
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Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire
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France – Kingdom of France
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edit- Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa
- Kanem Bornu – Kanem Bornu Empire
- Kazakh – Kazakh Khanate
Khiva – Khanate of Khiva- Khmer – Srok Khmer
- Kokand – Khanate of Kokand
Knights Hospitaller – Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, Knights of Malta, Knights of Rhodes, and Chevaliers of Malta
Kongo – Kingdom of Kongo
Korea – Kingdom of Great Joseon- Koya – Kingdom of Koya
- Kuba – Kuba Kingdom
Kurland – Duchy of Kurland
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- Loango – Kingdom of Loango
- Luang Prabang – Kingdom of Luang Prabang
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- Maharashtra – Kingdom of Maharashtra
- Mainz – Archbishopric of Mainz
- Malacca – Sultanate of Malacca
Malta – Order of Saint John- Manipur – Kingdom of Manipur
Maratha – Maratha Empire- Mataram – Mataram Sultanate
Mecklenburg – Duchy of Mecklenburg
Mindanao – Sultanate of Maguindanao
Modena – Duchies of Modena and Reggio
Moldavia – Principality of Moldavia
Monaco – Principality of Monaco
Montenegro – Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro
Morocco – Sultanate of Morocco- Mrauk U – Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Mughal Empire – Mughal Empire
- Mutapa – Empire of Mutapa
Mysore – Kingdom of Mysore
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Najd – Sultanate of Najd
Nepal – Gorkha Kingdom of Nepal
Netherlands – Republic of the Seven United Netherlands- Ngoyo – Kingdom of Ngoyo
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Ottoman Empire – Sublime Ottoman State- Oudh – Kingdom of Oudh
- Oyo – Oyo Empire
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Papal States – States of the Church
Parma – Duchy of Parma
Persia – Persian Empire
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Portugal
- Kingdom of Portugal (to 1777)
- Kingdom of Portugal (from 1777)
Prussia – Kingdom of Prussia- Punjab – Punjabi Empire
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- Samoa – Kingdom of Samoa
San Marino – Most Serene Republic of San Marino
Sardinia – Kingdom of Sardinia
Saxony – Electorate of Saxony- Sennar – Funj sultanate of Sennar
Sharjah – Emirate of Sharjah- Shaybanid – Khanate of Shaybanid
Sicily – Kingdom of Sicily- Sikh – Sikh Confederacy
- Sind – Sultanate of Sind
Spain – Kingdom of Spain
Sulu – Sulu Sultanate- Swahili – Swahili Tribe
Sweden
- Sweden (to August 19, 1772)
- Kingdom of Sweden (from August 17, 1772)
Switzerland – Swiss Confederation
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Teutonic Knights – Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem- Taungu – Kingdom of Taungu
Thonburi – Kingdom of Thonburi- Tirol – County of Tirol
- Tonga – Tu'i Tonga
- Tonkin – Empire of Tonkin
Travancore – Kingdom of Travancore- Trier – Archbishopric of Trier
- Tripoli – Sultanate of Tripoli
Tuscany – Grand Duchy of Tuscany
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Wallachia – Principality of Wallachia
Württemberg – Duchy of Württemberg- Würzburg – Bishopric of Würzburg
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Yemen – Kingdom of Yemen
Non-sovereign territories
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British America – British America and the British West Indies
Netherlands
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Dutch Cape Colony – Cape Colony
References
edit- ↑ Aitken, R. (1777). "I". Journals of Congress. Philadelphia. pp. 143–8.
A Declaration by the Reprensentatives of the United Colonies of North-America, now met in Congress at Philadelphia, setting forth the Causes and Necessity of their taking up Arms.
- ↑ Reprensentatives of the United Colonies of North-America (July 6, 1775). "A Declaration by the Reprensentatives of the United Colonies of North-America, now met in Congress at Philadelphia, setting forth the Causes and Necessity of their taking up Arms". Philadelphia. Archived from the original on November 25, 2018.
A Declaration by the Reprensentatives of the United Colonies of North-America, now met in Congress at Philadelphia, setting forth the Causes and Necessity of their taking up Arms.
- 1 2 NCC Staff (September 9, 2019). "On this day, the name 'United States of America' becomes official". National Constitution Center. National Constitution Center. Archived from the original on 2017-09-09. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
That in all continental commissions, and other instruments, where, heretofore, the words 'United Colonies' have been used, the stile be altered for the future to the 'United States.'
- ↑ "Lee Resolution presented to Continental Congress". HISTORY. July 27, 2019. Archived from the original on March 31, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
'That these United Colonies are, and of right out to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved; that measures should be immediately taken for procuring the assistance of foreign powers, and a Confederation be formed to bind the colonies more closely together.'
- 1 2 "September 9, 1776 – The Second Continental Congress Made the Term 'United States' Official Replacing 'United Colonies'". Legal Legacy. WordPress. March 16, 2021. Archived from the original on 16 March 2021.
That in all continental commissions, and other instruments, where, heretofore, the words 'United Colonies' have been used, the stile be altered for the future to the 'United States.'
- ↑ Smith, Michael Lane (September 10, 2015). "The United States Was Called The United Colonies Until Sept. 9, 1776". Task and Purpose. Archived from the original on September 19, 2020.
Resolved, that in all Continental Commissions, and other Instruments where heretofore the Words, 'United Colonies,' have been used, the Stile be altered for the future to the United States.
- ↑ "Founders Online: [Monday September 9, 1776.]". founders.archives.gov.
Resolved, that in all Continental Commissions, and other Instruments where heretofore the Words, 'United Colonies,' have been used, the Stile be altered for the future to the United States.
- ↑ "John Adams autobiography, part 1, "John Adams," through 1776". February 27, 2014. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014.
Resolved, that in all Continental Commissions, and other Instruments where heretofore the Words, 'United Colonies,' have been used, the Stile be altered for the future to the United States.